Winter

Winter has arrived and brought all sorts of strange forms of water-based precipitation to southeast Australia. Stuff like rain. And snow. Things most people haven't see any of in a very long time. Farmers and ski operators are using words like "optimistic" and even smiling. It's madness, I say. Could this be a sign that things are returning to normal (and by normal I mean a normal chronic drought as opposed to a stupefying, acute drought)? On the other hand, the month of May was the warmest for Australia in, well, recorded history.